'china restaurant' or 'chinese restaurant'? - English Language Learners Stack Exchangemost recent 30 from ell.stackexchange.com2019-09-15T12:26:18Zhttps://ell.stackexchange.com/feeds/question/140678https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/rdfhttps://ell.stackexchange.com/q/14067814'china restaurant' or 'chinese restaurant'?wdlanghttps://ell.stackexchange.com/users/342832017-08-30T12:40:45Z2017-09-05T18:18:22Z
<p>I am very confused. I prefer the latter, but I did saw the former in many cases. </p>
<p>Which one is more appropriate? </p>
https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/140678/-/140679#14067928Answer by starfish for 'china restaurant' or 'chinese restaurant'?starfishhttps://ell.stackexchange.com/users/611542017-08-30T12:48:28Z2017-08-30T12:48:28Z<p><em>Chinese restaurant</em> is correct.</p>
<p>There is nothing like a <em>china restaurant</em>. If you have come across that, it is incorrect.</p>
<p>However, if China Restaurant is the actual name of an establishment, then it stays unchanged because it is a proper noun. </p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<p>We had dinner at a Chinese restaurant.</p>
<p>We had dinner at China Restaurant.</p>
https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/140678/-/140681#14068118Answer by Chenmunka for 'china restaurant' or 'chinese restaurant'?Chenmunkahttps://ell.stackexchange.com/users/43762017-08-30T12:54:49Z2017-08-30T13:01:02Z<p>When describing a restaurant, you use an adjective. Thus, the adjective <em>Chinese</em> describes the nature of the restaurant. Similarly <em>Indian Restaurant</em>, <em>Thai Restaurant</em> etc.</p>
<p><em>China</em> in this usage is a noun and so is not appropriate in this type of phrase.<br>
(Although another meaning of <em>China</em> is an adjective describing something made of ceramic)</p>
<p>There is an alternative description for restaurants that uses a noun phrase rather than an adjective. This is when a specific food is served, rather than a style of food. Examples are <em>Burger Restaurant</em> or <em>Pizza Restaurant</em>.</p>
https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/140678/-/140702#1407020Answer by Sayan for 'china restaurant' or 'chinese restaurant'?Sayanhttps://ell.stackexchange.com/users/614932017-08-30T17:09:14Z2017-08-30T17:15:00Z<p>Chinese is the correct one!</p>
<p>Because China is the place and Chinese describes the authentic food and culture of the place called China.</p>
https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/140678/-/140792#1407921Answer by Spencer Williams for 'china restaurant' or 'chinese restaurant'?Spencer Williamshttps://ell.stackexchange.com/users/125812017-08-31T18:47:31Z2017-08-31T18:47:31Z<p>If this is a restaurant that serves Chinese food, then indeed call it a <em>Chinese restaurant</em> as <em>chinese</em> is the adjective and <em>restaurant</em> is the noun.</p>
<p>As some have noted, there are sometimes exceptions for certain food like "California wine" or whatever, but when you are talking about cuisine, the adjective form is almost always used.</p>
https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/140678/-/141227#141227-2Answer by Daniel White for 'china restaurant' or 'chinese restaurant'?Daniel Whitehttps://ell.stackexchange.com/users/608202017-09-05T18:18:22Z2017-09-05T18:18:22Z<p>Either is correct, but it becomes dependent on the clientele. Are you going there to 'eat' Chinese food...or do you need Chinese atmosphere.</p>